Can consumer-resource dynamics explain patterns of guild assembly?

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 558-575

  Morris, Douglas W ^a   Knight, Thomas W ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; GUILD STRUCTURE; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL;

EID: 0029769567     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285866     Document Type: Article

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